The only lead ca from Master Ma. The Capitalist had used the information about a Tier Four Martial Artist to acquire so intelligence.
"Since our new mber is about to be rescued, let’s get the process started."
"Old Liu, according to our rcenary Corps’ rules, each mber must choose a codena for themselves, and also tell us your na, gender, age, Extraordinary Profession, and exact ho address. This is how you’ll earn the trust of the veteran mbers."
King Arthur began her performance. She recalled trying to pull the sa stunt on Lin Qi.
Unfortunately, Lin Qi was too savvy to fall for such tricks; he hadn’t even fully trusted Guang Ling.
In the end, King Arthur had to give up in disappointnt and ended up giving Lin Qi a general overview of the rcenary Corps, following the actual procedure.
Faced with King Arthur’s attempt to fool him, would the new mber still be so earnest?
Obviously not!
The new mber’s earlier attitude was purely an act of survival. After getting help from the Capitalist, he returned to his usual self.
After surviving in the lowest levels of Alliance City for so long, there was no way a creature like an "honest person" could exist there.
The new mber looked directly at the Capitalist.
Even though they were obscured by shadows, the Capitalist understood what the new mber ant.
He had practically sold his life to the Capitalist. At a ti like this, the Capitalist had to be the one to step up and say sothing.
"After joining the rcenary Corps, you’ll choose a codena for yourself. There’s no need to reveal your true identity."
"Also, you need to understand one thing: ’Highest Level’ is just the na of the rcenary Corps. Based on our current rating on the Black Market, we’re at most..."
Before the Capitalist could finish, Guang Ling jumped in to add to his statent.
"T2. We’re a T2-tier rcenary Corps now. We earned a significant number of Black Market points from the Greenfield City mission. The Highest-Level rcenary Corps now has considerable influence in the Asian Administrative Region."
The Capitalist paused for a mont, apparently syncing up with intelligence from the Big Business Alliance.
A mont later, the Capitalist continued, "Yes, we are now a T2-tier rcenary Corps. We’re certainly not nobodies anymore."
Listening to the two leaders talk, the new mber instantly gathered a wealth of information.
’The Highest-Level rcenary Corps made a huge score in Greenfield City?’
He sucked in a sharp breath.
’That mission was rumored to have involved even a T0 rcenary Corps! The mysterious rcenary Corps I just joined seems unbelievably powerful!’
Amid his shock, the new mber also realized that King Arthur had just been trying to ss with him.
But he couldn’t muster any resentnt.
It was just a harmless prank from the higher-ups.
’Joining a rcenary Corps like this is my chance! A chance to escape the bottom rung of society!’
"Understood. Then my codena will be... Jingang."
The new mber, or Jingang, as he was now called, quickly adapted to the group’s way of communicating and confird his codena.
"Jingang? That’s actually very fitting. If your Talent is genuine, you really do have the potential for an X-Class Prosthetic Body. An Implanter with a full-body X-Class Prosthetic Body is called a Jingang."
The Capitalist’s offhand comnt once again provided Lin Qi with new information.
’So that’s the title for an X-Class Prosthetic Body Implanter.’
After the Capitalist finished, Guang Ling finally spoke up again.
"Welco, Jingang, the sixth mber of the Highest-Level rcenary Corps. Following our tradition for new mbers, let’s all go around and introduce ourselves in nurical order. The new guy should at least know your codenas."
"First off, I’m Number One, and the leader of the Highest-Level rcenary Corps. Codena: Guang Ling. I specialize in cyber offense and defense."
Guang Ling started things off with his introduction.
The others didn’t object and began introducing themselves to the new mber one by one.
Although the new mber seed weak and was already under the Capitalist’s thumb, history had proven that everyone Guang Ling brought into the rcenary Corps had their own unique strengths.
King Arthur, who was the weakest mber back in the day, was now on the verge of becoming a Tier Four Knight.
The Wizard, who had always maintained a low profile in his information-gathering role, had sohow managed to instantly kill a Tier Three Knight in Greenfield City. For all they knew, he could be a Tier Four Wizard.
Following this pattern, maybe this new mber really could beco an X-Class Jingang in the future, just like his codena suggested.
"Number Two, Master Ma. Extraordinary Profession: Martial Artist."
"Number Three, Capitalist."
"I’m Number Four, codena King Arthur. My Extraordinary Profession is Knight, and I’m about to hit Tier Four."
"Number Five, Wizard."
Jingang listened intently to each mber’s introduction, and the neural signals made his full-body Prosthetic Body tremble even more violently.
’Tier Four?’
The mont he heard the words "Tier Four," Jingang knew this rcenary Corps was anything but ordinary.
A Tier Four Extraordinary Professional was far rarer than an S-Class Implanter. The mbers of the Highest-Level rcenary Corps were in a league he had never before encountered.
’And now these people were his teammates?’
Guang Ling didn’t give Jingang much ti to reel from the shock. Once the new-mber initiation was over, Guang Ling started the regular weekly eting.
Normally, if there were no rcenary Corps missions, Guang Ling would take the initiative to share so sensitive intelligence.
But in today’s eting, Guang Ling had a new mission for the rcenary Corps.
"The rcenary Corps has accepted a new mission. The location is Alliance City. As of now, the only mbers who can carry it out are likely the Capitalist and Jingang."
Lin Qi listened in as Guang Ling described the mission.
This was the norm for most of the rcenary Corps’ missions. Missions like the one in Greenfield City, where all mbers could participate, were rare.
Most of the ti, missions for the Highest-Level rcenary Corps were handled by teams of three or fewer.
Or, a mission would be broken down, with multiple mbers coordinating from different locations and at different tis.
The way the Highest-Level rcenary Corps executed its missions was completely different from that of a conventional rcenary corps.
Guang Ling continued his explanation. "The target of this mission is Ninghang Technology and a brand-new prosthetic product. This product was originally intended exclusively for high-level cyber hackers, but according to my intel, its technical details may be revolutionary."
"It could even lead to the birth of a new intercontinental gacorporation..."
The target was formidable, and the mission would require breaching a major corporation’s top-tier security.
But for now, this had little to do with Lin Qi.
Alliance City was too far from Red Fruit City. In his capacity as a company employee, Lin Qi was simply unable to participate.
His lack of free ti was the main constraint preventing Lin Qi from participating in long-distance missions.
The Capitalist and the new mber, Jingang, were very interested in the mission—especially Jingang.
If Guang Ling’s description was accurate, then the culprit that had caused Jingang’s full-body Prosthetic Body to short-circuit was very likely this new product from Ninghang Technology.
Soone in Alliance City was using people from the lower rungs of society for experints with weaponized prosthetics!
After Guang Ling finished describing the mission, the eting moved into its final phase.
"Finally, I have one important piece of intelligence to share. This concerns the safety and lives of everyone present."
Guang Ling’s words imdiately captured everyone’s attention.
’It concerns the safety and lives of everyone present?’
’That sounds like an exaggeration.’
’The mysterious Capitalist, the Tier Four Master Ma, the soon-to-be Tier Four King Arthur... even they would be in danger?’
"Trouble is brewing in the Asian Administrative Region. A large amount of intelligence is no longer being passed on to the Big Business Alliance."
"Several major corporations, led by the Si Clan, have had their interests severely damaged due to the ’Big Business Alliance Successor Bill’."
"Furthermore, the Big Business Alliances in the European and Arican Administrative Regions have recently made moves to interfere."
"I ran a simulation through a large virtual model. The probability of a large-scale corporate war breaking out in the Asian Administrative Region within two months is over eighty percent."
"Moreover, the new Prosthetic Body being researched by Ninghang Technology could completely rewrite the landscape of corporate warfare."
Hearing this, Lin Qi’s heart suddenly grew heavy.
Corporate war. In the Cyber World, this was an extrely sensitive topic.
It was said that the first corporate war directly halved the world’s population and nearly triggered a global, extinction-level catastrophe.
If a corporate war broke out, his current strength would be nowhere near enough to guarantee his own survival.
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